Shockingly ironic, the production services company that named itself "Bad Burrito" Productions, didn't pay it's post-production and editor workers after getting paid by Hansen's company.
Last September, Hansen hired Bad Burrito Productions to provide post-production services on the show’s second season. This work began in October and was supposed to run through December, but within days there was already work stoppage, per emails reviewed by Deadline.
post-production was paused by November 8 and did not resume with Bad Burrito Productions.
Several episodes of Ride of Your Life Season 2 had already aired, including those that these crew members say they provided services on.
Hansen commissioned another post-production crew to finish the project once Bad Burrito’s team paused work amid the dispute.
“I am very proud of the work my new team has done to finish the season and re-create the two unapproved episodes that Bad Burrito botched and that had to be completely redone,” Hansen said in a statement to Deadline via her attorney Kenneth Freundlich. “It is unfortunate to hear that Bad Burrito did not pay the editors what they were owed. My company paid Bad Burrito $230,000, and all that I received for that money were two unsatisfactory and incomplete episodes. The real question is, where did that money go?”
While this appears to be a specific problem between a producer and a post house, the problem highlights the increasing challenges for freelancers in the entertainment industry coming off the back of Covid, two strikes and the L.A. wildfires. According to a recent report from FilmLA, production in Los Angeles was down more than 30% over five year averages in 2024.
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